James Dashner’s The Maze Runner has run right off the pages of his young adult novel and onto the silver screen. In order to accurately describe …
Nothing to Write About by Carol McGill
Clara lay on top of her duvet, head thrown back, gazing at the ceiling as her guitar rested on her tummy. Her toes, raised on …
Daughter Dawn by Michael Lee Johnson
Daughter Dawn Christine wakes under gray cracked South Bend, Indiana skies. Date is November 3, 1965, Memorial Hospital. The moon moves back, shelters this infant. …
Red Jacket by Daniela Sordillo
I saw you today. You looked different to the last time I’d seen you. You looked different. But as we sat upstairs on the cold …
Real-Life Vampire Queens: Female Bassists
Halloween, the favorite holiday of yours truly, is right around the corner! One of my favorite things about Halloween is (obviously) the costumes, and I …
Alex Day Can’t Be Trusted
Some of you may remember the recent Sam Pepper incident and the bright, critical light it shed on sexual abuse in the YouTube community. What you may …
10 YA Books on Mental Illness
Because this week is Mental Illness Awareness Week, we thought we would highlight some Young Adult books that deal with such issues. We can all name …
Cohabitation by Kathryn Merwin
There is a humming time. Morning slips through the slats of the blinds, stretches sleep from grey heat across his face. Breathing in, breathing out …
Review: Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Before Peter Pan belonged to Wendy, he belonged to the girl with the crow feather in her hair. . . Fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily doesn’t believe …